Bodkin.



A. O. GAULT.

' BODKIN.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.20, 1912.

Patented Dec. 16, 1913.

COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH CO.,WASHXNCITON, D.

UN1TE STATES PATENT O FHCE.

ALBERT C. GAULT, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO ARTHUR R. CROSS, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN.

BODKIVN.

Application filed November 20, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT O. GAULT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalamazoo and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bodkins, of which the following is a specification.

An object of the invention is to provide a bodkin fOr taping garments or advancing ribbon or the like through lace, beading or other similar articles.

The invention embodies, among other features, a bodkin adapted to receive one end of the lace or ribbon which is to be advanced through a garment or the like, with means on the bodkin for rigidly securing the mentioned end of the ribbon or lace thereto, the bodkin being constructed in a manner which will prevent the ribbon or lace from twisting or turning when the same is advanced through the lace, beading or garment.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bodkin showing a piece of ribbon attached thereto; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the bodkin showing the same with the piece of ribbon removed therefrom; and Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the bodkin.

Referring more particularly to the views, use is made of a bokin 10 consisting of a single piece of flat material, preferably metal, having the forward end thereof terminating in a point 11 and the rear end thereof terminating in spaced prongs 12 forming a tapering slot 13 and an opening 14, an opening 15 being formed in the medial portion of the piece of material, with a securing member 16 struck from the material and projecting into the said opening, an opening 17 being formed adjacent the front or pointed end 11 of the piece of material, as shown.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 16, 1913.

Serial No. 732,479.

An end of a piece of ribbon 18 is first passed through the opening 17 adjacent the front end of the bodkin and the extreme free end of the ribbon is then passed through the medial opening 15, with the securing member 16 extending through the free end of the material after the same has been passe-d through the opening 15, thus securing the free end of the piece of ribbon or material to the bodkin, the ribbon or material adj acent the free end thereof being then adapted to lie flat on the upper side of the bodkin, with a portion thereof projecting through the opening 14 at the rear end of the bodkin, the ribbon or material being passed into this opening by passing the ribbon or material through the slot 13 formed by the prongs 12 and which terminates in the opening 14, the said prongs 12 when formed in the manner mentioned to constitute the opening 14, being adapted to provide flanges 19 which prevent the material or ribbon from accidentally becoming removed from the opening 14, as will be readily understood by referring to the views.

WVith a bodkin of the character described the free end of the ribbon or material is securely held on the bodkin and a portion of the material or ribbon will lie flat on the bodkin so that when the bodkin is used for taping a garment, beading or lace, the material or ribbon when arranged upon the garment or other article will lie flat and will not twist or turn.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim:

As a new article of manufacture, a bodkin consisting of a single piece of material terminating at the front end thereof in a point and having an integral securing member struck therefrom at the medial portion of the piece of material and projecting into an opening at the medial portion of the piece of material, the said securing member lying in the horizontal plane of the said piece of material and being adapted to extend through the free end of a ribbon passed through the medial opening, with the said ribbon passing through an opening adjacent the forward end of the piece of material and lying fiat upon the upper face of the piece of material, with another portion of the ribbon Pass ng th ou h n Ope in rmed at the rear end of the piece of material by spaced prongs providing flanges, and a tapering s e minat n he said open:

ing at the rear end of the said piece of material.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT C. GAULT. Witnesses:

F. G. STANLEY,

J. vSnii la Copies of this patent may be obtained for five gents each, by addressing the N H I Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

